A JOURNEY STEEPED IN HISTORY, TRADITION AND PASSION, YOU WILL DISCOVER THIS ANCIENT ART ALONGSIDE A MASTER BONER, IMMERSED IN THE FRAGRANCES, AROMAS AND FLAVOURS, OF OUR RENOWNED CHEESES

PITS DESCRIPTION AND HISTORICAL HINTS:
Fosse Venturi is one of the first pit-makers in the historic village of Sogliano al Rubicone, an ancient centre already inhabited in Roman times, located on the gentle hills of Romagna just a short distance from Rimini, the Riviera, the Adriatic Sea, as well as Romanesque parish churches, medieval castles and the Republic of San Marino; a medieval village where Fossa cheese originated and where the traditional transformation of the cheese in the characteristic maturing pits dug into the tuff took place and still takes place today.

Fosse Venturi is rooted in tradition, is inspired by the scent of the earth, carefully selects the raw materials and the cheeses to be pitted, which are then refined and aged by our master pit-makers, following the historical traditional technique of pitting, dating back to around 1350, the year in which the Compagnia dell'Abbondanza was founded under the rule of the Malatesta family.

VISIT TO THE PIT:
The visit to the pit will take place in the company of a Venturi Pit Master Ditcher who will illustrate the history, local traditions and the cheese maturing process in the pit; through a food and wine tour you will discover the unique fragrances, aromas and flavours of our renowned cheeses, the various nuances, types, different ageing and maturation processes and cheese pairings.

FOOD AND WINE TRAIL:
The 'Assaggio Sopraffino' wine and food tasting - minimum 2 people - includes:
- three different varieties of Fosse Venturi cheese matured in the pit according to the ancient and traditional methods of infossatura,
- an exclusive tasting of "Invecchiato" or "Stravecchio Fosse Venturi", aged from 6 to 24 months with passage in the tuff, these cheeses are placed in the ditch using an artisanal technique of Fosse Venturi called "a cantina";
- some rare cheeses aged in giara, the cheeses are hand-aged with aromatic herbs or marc or rosemary or walnut leaves, in large terracotta amphorae, thanks to the Venturi family's special techniques;
all accompanied by local piadina.
The tasting will also include tasty piadina Romagnola snacks garnished with our typical jam, with Fos-crem or local olive oil, and with local Romagna fillet salami and/or cured boar-pork sausage.
Sangiovese red wine, produced on the gentle hills of Romagna, and water will be served as accompaniment.

OPTION OF PAIRING WITH FINE WINES FROM THE AREA:
alternatively, by selecting the "Il Boccon del Re" food and wine tasting, you can opt to match the Fosse Venturi cheeses with a superior category fine wine:
-Sangiovese Superiore semi-barrelled,
-Albana Passita Botrytised Organic Bertinoro,
for further info and prices contact us.

*If any cheese or product varieties run out, they will be replaced with those available.

OTHER TYPES OF FOOD AND WINE TOURS:
Other types of buffet tastings are also available at our Fosse dedicated to groups of over 10 people, for info contact the Fosse Venturi.

NOTES FOR TASTINGS:

RESERVATION Note: Reservation is required, subject to availability.
For groups over 10 people, reservations must be made at least 5 days in advance.
NB: the rooms inside the pits have a limited capacity and can hold a maximum of 25-30 people standing at a time; larger groups of 40-45 people will be split into two, combining a visit to the Venturi Pits with a visit to a museum in Sogliano.
It will not be possible to do the tastings during the boning and boning periods, nor during the Sundays of the Fossa cheese fair (late November - early December).

LANGUAGE: the tour is available in Italian, a guide in the language can be booked on request, price to be agreed upon.

CANCELLATION NOTE: If cancellation is made in the 4 days prior to the visit, a penalty of 50% of the amount due for the tasting will be charged; if cancellation is made in the 48 hours prior to the visit, the entire amount due for the tasting will be charged as a penalty, unless otherwise agreed between the parties.

PAYMENT NB: payment for groups must be made by bank transfer at least 5 days before the visit. In the case of invoicing, please ask the Fosse Venturi company in advance.

CONTACTS:
Fosse Venturi S.r.l. unipersonale, Via Roma n. 67 - 47030 Sogliano al Rub (FC). cap. soc. €10.000 i.v.
Tel. +39 0541 948521, e-mail: info@fosseventuri.it, website: www.fosseventuri.it